Sometime yesterday the temperatures dropped. The freezing rain we had experienced for the last week (and until yesterday, that we had had the nerve to be ungrateful for) turned into snow, and I could not feel my ears by the time I got home from class this morning. This change in weather officially means I will be entering into a state of quasi-hibernation until mid-March.
What is quasi-hibernation?
Glad you asked. Basically, I will stop leaving my apartment for non-essentials. For instance, today I am still attending all classes, but have chosen to forgo much-needed grocery shopping. I have approximately one box of Kraft mac & cheese left - however, without milk or butter, it will take some real creativity to turn these noodles and cheese powder into the delicious Scooby-doo-shaped characters that I love. Yet, thanks to the sub-zero winds blowing through Champaign today, this is a culinary endeavor I am 100% willing to risk. However, aside from forcing college students to eat stale pretzels and 3-months old Halloween candy in order to survive, the weather also poses another important obstacle: what to do while trapped inside until a). Spring arrives or b). we give up and move back to Southern Spain.
I would like to suggest watching Lifetime's The Pregnancy Pact as a viable and highly entertaining way to waste away two hours. First of all, I am not normally a Lifetime movie junkie, but I am separated by only a degree of separation from a slew of avid fans (my younger sister, a host of cousins...even my 34-yr old male Turkish cousin-in-law (I am dead serious about that one. Kerim is addicted)). So although I had never actively sat down and watched such television classics as My Mom's New Boyfriend or My Stepson, My Lover, I had caught various scenes throughout the years. These, however, did nothing to prepare me for the amazing melodrama of The Pregnancy Pact. Based on real events, this movie is centered on a small town in Massachusetts that experiences 3 times the national average of teen pregnancies one fateful year. It eventually becomes uncovered that a clique of 15-and 16-year girls made a pact to get pregnant. Throw in these facts: one of the pregnant girl's mothers is the president of the anti-contraceptives-in-schools-committee (for family-values reasons), a blogger covering the event experienced a teen pregnancy herself and none of the upstanding baseball player boyfriends know about the pact...you might actually forget that you would rather be partaking of $6 pitchers at Kam's than sitting on your couch and watching TV.
If The Pregnancy Pact doesn't fully satisfy your interest in teen pregnancy, you can also check out MTV's Teen Mom. It is a reality show that follows 4 very different teens that got pregnant at age 16. Catelynn and Tyler are the sweet, endearing and undeniably white-trash couple that gave baby Carly up for adoption. Farrah is the spoiled ex-cheerleader attempting to raise baby Sophia and hit the dating scene. Maci wants to make things work with her loser boyfriend Ryan; she is the best mom (to baby Bentley) but clueless about her failing relationship. Amber (mom to Leah and sometimes-girlfriend to future Biggest Loser contestant Gary) is just annoying. Not the highest quality television, but quite frankly, you've got nothing better to do until campus thaws out. Tune in, the re-runs play all the time. Season 1 finale coming up soon!
Your last option: TLC's I Didn't Know I Was Pregnant. How can you possibly not know you were pregnant for 9 months? I have seen about 8 episodes of this show, and I am still not sure either. It is confusing, horrifying, awkward...and addictive. Check it out.
What do you watch when snow, wind and bitter cold keeps you couch-bound??
What is quasi-hibernation?
Glad you asked. Basically, I will stop leaving my apartment for non-essentials. For instance, today I am still attending all classes, but have chosen to forgo much-needed grocery shopping. I have approximately one box of Kraft mac & cheese left - however, without milk or butter, it will take some real creativity to turn these noodles and cheese powder into the delicious Scooby-doo-shaped characters that I love. Yet, thanks to the sub-zero winds blowing through Champaign today, this is a culinary endeavor I am 100% willing to risk. However, aside from forcing college students to eat stale pretzels and 3-months old Halloween candy in order to survive, the weather also poses another important obstacle: what to do while trapped inside until a). Spring arrives or b). we give up and move back to Southern Spain.
I would like to suggest watching Lifetime's The Pregnancy Pact as a viable and highly entertaining way to waste away two hours. First of all, I am not normally a Lifetime movie junkie, but I am separated by only a degree of separation from a slew of avid fans (my younger sister, a host of cousins...even my 34-yr old male Turkish cousin-in-law (I am dead serious about that one. Kerim is addicted)). So although I had never actively sat down and watched such television classics as My Mom's New Boyfriend or My Stepson, My Lover, I had caught various scenes throughout the years. These, however, did nothing to prepare me for the amazing melodrama of The Pregnancy Pact. Based on real events, this movie is centered on a small town in Massachusetts that experiences 3 times the national average of teen pregnancies one fateful year. It eventually becomes uncovered that a clique of 15-and 16-year girls made a pact to get pregnant. Throw in these facts: one of the pregnant girl's mothers is the president of the anti-contraceptives-in-schools-committee (for family-values reasons), a blogger covering the event experienced a teen pregnancy herself and none of the upstanding baseball player boyfriends know about the pact...you might actually forget that you would rather be partaking of $6 pitchers at Kam's than sitting on your couch and watching TV.
If The Pregnancy Pact doesn't fully satisfy your interest in teen pregnancy, you can also check out MTV's Teen Mom. It is a reality show that follows 4 very different teens that got pregnant at age 16. Catelynn and Tyler are the sweet, endearing and undeniably white-trash couple that gave baby Carly up for adoption. Farrah is the spoiled ex-cheerleader attempting to raise baby Sophia and hit the dating scene. Maci wants to make things work with her loser boyfriend Ryan; she is the best mom (to baby Bentley) but clueless about her failing relationship. Amber (mom to Leah and sometimes-girlfriend to future Biggest Loser contestant Gary) is just annoying. Not the highest quality television, but quite frankly, you've got nothing better to do until campus thaws out. Tune in, the re-runs play all the time. Season 1 finale coming up soon!
Your last option: TLC's I Didn't Know I Was Pregnant. How can you possibly not know you were pregnant for 9 months? I have seen about 8 episodes of this show, and I am still not sure either. It is confusing, horrifying, awkward...and addictive. Check it out.
What do you watch when snow, wind and bitter cold keeps you couch-bound??
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